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–noun Biochemistry.

dextroglucose, commercially obtainable from starch by acid hydrolysis.

Also called corn sugar, grape sugar.

[Origin: 1865–70; dextr- + -ose²

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dex·trose Audio Help (děk'strōs') Pronunciation Key
n. The dextrorotatory form of glucose, C₆H₁₂O₆·H₂O, found naturally in animal and plant tissue and derived synthetically from starch. Also called dextroglucose.

[dextr(ogluc)ose.]

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dextrose

coined 1869 from L. dexter "right," because the form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy.

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dextrose
noun
an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits

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dextrose Audio Help (děk'strōs') Pronunciation Key
A sugar that is the most common form of glucose. It is found in plant and animal tissues and also derived from starch. Dextrose is the dextrorotatory form of glucose.